Microsoft Windows 2003 Server supports failover clustering to offer high availability of applications, services, and other system resources using an architecture. This architecture maintains consistent image of cluster on all the nodes, which enables them to transfer the resources ownership as and when required. Windows 2003 Server enables you to extend hard drive partitions in a clustered environment, with the help of DiskPart.exe utility. You can use the Extend command of DiskPart.exe utility to extend Windows hard drive partitions. Under some circumstances, you may lose the volume information while extending hard drive partitions. This behavior leads to critical partition loss and require partition recovery, if backup is not available.DiskPart.exe, a command-line utility in Windows operating system, enables you to manage hard drive, partitions, and volumes. The utility takes command-line parameters as well as scripts as input. This command is followed by volume or partition, which is chosen and kept on focus.
You can use this utility for extending your Windows hard drive partitions, only if your system can fulfill the pre-defined requirements. Among such requirements, additional free disk space availability at end of the existing drive is the most significant one. In some situations, you may lose the volume information after extending a Windows volume.
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